Common bonds and challenges
By Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, chief executive, NZ Heavy Haulage Association. Attendance at the Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association’s Transport Symposium in Houston recently by myself enabled...
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Perspectives 2019: Oversize advocacy-building on big steps
by Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, chief executive, NZ Heavy Haulage Association. The year ahead for the oversize transport industry, as represented by the Heavy Haulage Association, shows...
Perspectives 2019: New agenda for land transport
By Brett Gliddon, NZTA general manager System Design and Delivery Last year’s Government Policy Statement on land transport and adoption of the 2018-21 National Land...
NZTA works with industry leaders on transport shift
IT HAS BEEN a busy few weeks for the Transport Agency, says Fergus Gammie, chief executive, NZ Transport Agency, as we have worked with local...
Mt Messenger to Awakino Gorge improvements
Since 2007 11 deaths and 45 serious injuries have occurred on a section of SH3, making it a high priority for improvement. Richard Silcock checks...
Strengthening relationships
The year ahead promises to be one of challenges and opportunities for the NZ Transport Agency and the contracting industry, influenced by one significant government...
Recent trials test road markings
After a lot of research, newly developed road marker products are lasting longer on road pavement surfaces laid by roading contractors in this country. Richard...
RoNS – a lesson in remedial work
Our second feature on the Roads of National Significance looks at the completed Tauranga Eastern Link and the protracted settlement over local network rehabilitation, which...
A model approach to roading design – Ara Tuhono Puhoi to Warkworth
Auckland’s first state highway public private partnership, the Ara Tuhono Puhoi to Warkworth PPP project procurement is underway with contracts expected to be awarded in...
Skid Resistant Roading Material: looking for the God particle
AQA technical advisor BILL BOURKE updates the continuing search for the ideal skid resistant roading material. The AQA’s technical group has been consulting with the...